Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[griffin]

Yep, he died a little while ago... joining the growing list of Gen1 voices who are now not with us...

Roger C. Carmel - Bruticus, Cyclonus, Motormaster, Unicron (post movie)
Phillip Clark - Dead End, Tantrum, Abdul Fakkadi, Auggie Cahnay
Rege Cordic - Menasor, Quintesson Judge (movie)
Scatman Crothers - Jazz
Walker Edmiston - Inferno
Ron Feinberg - Headstrong
Ron Gans - Dragstrip
Linda Gary - Chromia
Ed Gilbert - Blitzwing, Thrust, Shawn Berger
Jim Gosa - Abominus
Johnny Haymer - Highbrow, Swindle, Vortex
Buster Jones - Blaster
Stan Jones - Scourge, Pounce, Weirdwolf, Lord Zarak
Casey Kasem - Bluestreak, Cliffjumper, Dr Archeville, Teletran 1
Aron Kincaid - Sky Lynx
Bert Kramer - Computron
Chris Latta - Starscream, Defensor, Reflector, Skullcruncher, Wheeljack, Sparkplug, Snake
Don Messick - Gears, Ratchet, Scavenger
Jeff McKay - Fireflight
Leonard Nimoy - Galvatron (movie)
Tony Pope - Wreck-Gar (post movie)
Ken Sansom - Hound
Tony St James - Blot, Brawl, Cutthroat
Robert Stack - Ultra Magnus (movie)
Lionel Stander - Kup (movie)
John Stephenson - Huffer, Windcharger, Thundercracker, Alpha Trion, Kup (post movie)
Orson Welles - Unicron (movie)


It sort of gives you an idea of the generational change in the Voice Actor industry in the 80s to the 90s, with a lot of the 80s cartoons being voiced by the veterans of the industry and most are now gone or close to it... but just 10 years later with the Beast Wars cartoon, we've only lost one person so far (Cambell Lane, the voice of Rampage), because that new batch of Voice Actors that came in around then who are still around today, were all fairly young (20s-30s).

[Jaxius._]

I just hope i get to meet Frank Welker and Peter Cullen....

[Metallikato]

Yep, he died a little while ago... joining the growing list of Gen1 voices who are now not with us...

Roger C. Carmel - Bruticus, Cyclonus, Motormaster, Unicron (post movie)
Phillip Clark - Dead End, Tantrum, Abdul Fakkadi, Auggie Cahnay
Rege Cordic - Menasor, Quintesson Judge (movie)
Scatman Crothers - Jazz
Walker Edmiston - Inferno
Ron Feinberg - Headstrong
Ron Gans - Dragstrip
Linda Gary - Chromia
Ed Gilbert - Blitzwing, Thrust, Shawn Berger
Jim Gosa - Abominus
Johnny Haymer - Highbrow, Swindle, Vortex
Buster Jones - Blaster
Stan Jones - Scourge, Pounce, Weirdwolf, Lord Zarak
Casey Kasem - Bluestreak, Cliffjumper, Dr Archeville, Teletran 1
Aron Kincaid - Sky Lynx
Bert Kramer - Computron
Chris Latta - Starscream, Defensor, Reflector, Skullcruncher, Wheeljack, Sparkplug, Snake
Don Messick - Gears, Ratchet, Scavenger
Jeff McKay - Fireflight
Leonard Nimoy - Galvatron (movie)
Tony Pope - Wreck-Gar (post movie)
Ken Sansom - Hound
Tony St James - Blot, Brawl, Cutthroat
Robert Stack - Ultra Magnus (movie)
Lionel Stander - Kup (movie)
John Stephenson - Huffer, Windcharger, Thundercracker, Alpha Trion, Kup (post movie)
Orson Welles - Unicron (movie)


It sort of gives you an idea of the generational change in the Voice Actor industry in the 80s to the 90s, with a lot of the 80s cartoons being voiced by the veterans of the industry and most are now gone or close to it... but just 10 years later with the Beast Wars cartoon, we've only lost one person so far (Cambell Lane, the voice of Rampage), because that new batch of Voice Actors that came in around then who are still around today, were all fairly young (20s-30s).

Also S. Marc Jordan, Onslaught's voice actor died in 2014.

On that list, Philip Clarke was the only one I didn't know about. The deadpan delivery of Dead Ends line:"Face it, we're doomed" is one of my favourite G1 moments...

[griffin]

Also S. Marc Jordan, Onslaught's voice actor died in 2014.

Thanks for that.
I didn't have him on my list, and I had Onslaught credited to someone who only did his voice in a single episode.

[Metallikato]

Thanks for that.
I didn't have him on my list, and I had Onslaught credited to someone who only did his voice in a single episode.

Yar I believe it was Steve Bulin who filled in Onslaught's lines in The Rebirth: Part 3.
Earlier Onslaught's opening line in FFOD: Part 1 sounds more like Terry "Wildrider" McGovern. Given the nature of the animation of FFOD it's quite possible the animators just drew entirely the wrong character rather than the wrong actor being cast.

Either way, yes, unfortunately this list will only get bigger. I was bummed about John Stephenson is particular (who I just looked up and by coincidence it was a year ago today he died) as Windcharger was favourite as a really young kid. Plus he was the last survivor of the original Flintstone's cast.

[5FDP]

Wow... reading through that list just makes me sad So many talented people gone.

[MayzaPrime]

I had no idea that Chris Latta did Wheeljack...

How did I miss that for all of these years?

[Firestorm]

Bit of a different thing I never realised this time
Was fiddling with AOE deluxe Lockdown today after having him on the shelf for ages
And was getting frustrated by how wobbly his stance was
Looking at his feet, it turns out that they were in back to front!
Swapped them and now he stands just fine.
Don't know how I didn't notice this when I first got him.